RBC transfusion practices among critically ill patients: Has evidence changed practice?

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2344-2353

  Murphy, David J ^a   Needham, Dale M ^b   Netzer, Giora ^c   Zeger, Scott L ^d   Colantuoni, Elizabeth ^d   Ness, Paul ^b   Pronovost, Peter J ^b   Berenholtz, Sean M ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

blood transfusion; health services research; intensive care units; outcome and process assessment (healthcare); quality of healthcare

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARYLAND; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84884907531     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e31828e9a49     Document Type: Article

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